City library in the Bildungshaus Wolfsburg

• Registration
  • Issuance of a library card - The BildungshausCard

    Upon presentation of a valid ID card - in exceptional cases, another official ID card may be sufficient, if necessary in conjunction with a confirmation of registration - we will issue you a library card, the so-called BildungshausCard. The BildungshausCard is not transferable to other persons and is needed for borrowing media in the entire library network and for using the Onleihe, the databases and the interlibrary loan. It is not needed to use the library and its media on site. Nevertheless, we recommend that you always have your BildungshausCard with you.
    
    Minors need the written consent of their legal guardian for registration, as soon as they have reached the age of 18, additionally a valid identity card.
    
    For the borrowing of media, we charge a user fee for adults (21 years and older) who register. This fee is lower for pupils and students 21 years and older who present proof of age. Borrowing is free of charge for:

    • Adolescents up to the age of 21.
    • Individuals involved in children's and youth work, for example kindergartens
      
    • Beneficiaries with a valid social security card

    Loss of the BildungshausCard/changes
    
    In your own interest, please contact us immediately if you ever lose your BildungshausCard or if a name or address changes. We charge a fee for issuing a replacement card. The City Library's Schedule of Usage and Fees applies.

  • New registration online

    Wolfsburg City Library has a special offer for its users, and not just during the Corona crisis. From now on, anyone who is thinking about registering at the public library can do so from home using an online form. This is possible around the clock, convenient and uncomplicated with the online form below.
    
    Those who register now will even receive a free trial month from the library. With the library card (BildungshausCard), users can also access the attractive online services of the city library, among other things.
    

  • Registration form for the online services of the city library
  • Schedule of use and fees of the public library
  • New schedule of use and fees - including commentary
• Borrowing media

  With a valid BildungshausCard you can borrow and reserve our media in the libraries in the Alvar-Aaltohaus (Central, Children's and Youth Library) and also in all other library branches.

  • More information about borrowing media
• Online catalog

  Our online catalog allows you to search the entire media holdings of the City Library and thus also the digital media of the Onleihe. In addition, you can place interlibrary loan orders online and manage your user account with us, i.e. get an overview of the borrowed media, extend the loan periods or reserve media borrowed by other users for yourself. The online catalog is supplemented by the city library app (for iOS and Android), with which you can also find all catalog functions on your smartphone or iPhone. All services are available around the clock.

  The media can be found at different locations within the overall system, depending on the topic , content and form: at the headquarters in the Aaltohaus, you will find children's and youth media in the Children's and Youth Library. If you are interested in non-fiction media such as advice books and novels, the Central Library on the first floor is the right place for you. The media here are divided into groups and subgroups according to a certain system and are also arranged in this way. You can find out more about this at the information desk and the circulation desk, or by searching the online catalog.

  • Online catalog
• Online offers
  • Online catalog

    The total of over 250,000 media can be found at different locations within the overall system, depending on the topic, content and form.

    • Online catalog
  • Onleihe

    With a valid BildungshausCard, you can borrow a wide range of digital media such as eBooks, ePapers, eVideos and audiobooks from the Onleihe free of charge and download them for use on your computer or mobile devices such as EBook readers, smartphones or tablets. For use on smartphones or tablets, please download the Onleihe app from the Playstore (Android) or from the App Store (iOS / Apple). The digital media delete themselves after the loan period has expired.

    • Onleihe
  • Munzinger

    The total of over 250,000 media can be found at different locations within the overall system, depending on the topic, content and form.

    • Munzinger
  • Britannica Library

    Based on the renowned "Encyclopaedia Britannica", the online research portal Britannica Library offers specifically prepared knowledge from all subject areas in 3 age-appropriate Britannica libraries for children, pupils and young people, for students and for adults.

    • Britannica Library
  • PressReader

    With a valid BiblioCard, you also have free access to the latest editions of over 5,000 international, national and regional daily newspapers, magazines, tabloids and sports newspapers from nearly 100 countries in over 60 languages. The offering is updated daily and continuously expanded. The individual titles are available in their original layout with advertisements, photos and illustrations and can be searched in full text.
    Furthermore, the newspaper articles can also be listened to via Windows Media Player or translated into various languages via an integrated tool. A 90-day archive rounds off the offering.

    • PressReader
  • Tiger Books

    TigerBooks is an app for children that can be found in the App Store (iOS) and Play Store (Android). With a valid BildungshausCard (library card), you sign up for TigerBooks through the Wolfsburg City Library and can download the digital media onto your smartphone or tablet free of charge for 7 days.

    More specifically, with TigerBooks you can access a very large digital offering of over 2000 eBooks and audiobooks for children between the ages of 2 and 12. These include, for example, the children's book heroes "Die Olchis", "Hexe Lilli" and "Bibi und Tina". There is also an age recommendation for each title in the app.

    An integrated read-aloud function, an audio recorder, sound and animations as well as memo and learning games round off the offer.

    The following link provides detailed instructions on how to use TigerBooks.

    • Tiger Books
• Opening hours and locations

  In addition to the Central and Children's Library in the Alvar Aalto House of Culture, there are numerous other locations in the city area where we provide books, magazines, DVDs, videos and other media.

  • Opening hours and locations of the city library
• Fees

  The city library asks its users to keep an eye on the return deadlines for borrowed media themselves. This is generally possible on site in the Central Library or online via user account and the city library app.

  Borrowed items can currently only be returned at the Central Library (Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 10:00 to 18:00, Wednesday and Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00).

  Users can always extend the loan periods of borrowed media online via user account and the city library app, on site and by telephone during the opening hours of the Central Library (telephone: 05361 28-2530) or by e-mail(stadtbibliothek@bildungshaus-wolfsburg.de).

  • Create account and keep track of deadlines

• Events

• #BuchistBuch: Equal rights for e-books in libraries
• Free offers and information on learning German
• Offers for school classes
• Wool reads

• LOOK!

  The initiative "SCHAU HIN! Was Dein Kind mit Medien macht" (What Your Child Does with Media) is a parents' guide to media use that helps educators empower their children in their use of media.

  • Link to the parenting guide "LOOK!"

• Link to the German Foundation for Monument Protection

• Contact

  City of Wolfsburg
  City Library
  Acting directors: Inna Günther and Lorena Ruschlau
  Alvar Aalto House of Culture
  Porschestraße 51
  38440 Wolfsburg

  Telephone: 05361 28-2530

  • City library contact form